Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
How can you tell a social drinker from a problem drinker?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 532271" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>That is very much a cultural question. I live in the area there people drink a lot and binge drink a lot. And do a lot of really stupid stuff while drank. Still most do not develop a real drinking problem. They may have some problems because of drinking but still drinking never becomes compulsive. I would think that difference is in if you are controlling your drinking or is drinking controlling you. Most of us (in this culture) have been sporting a hangover in a inappropriate time (at work, some family function, a time we should had been sharp) because drinking too much night before. But those are still considered normal learning experiences. When it comes a habit, you are considered to have a problem. When you are blowing off something important because of drinking, you have a problem. When you are not able to change your drinking habits for the needs of time and occasion, you have a problem (when you get drunk in the situation there you should had been drinking only a little, or when you are not able to transition from your wild college drinking days to having a family and drinking maybe a few beers a week (one or two at a time) and 'going to party' (and binge drinking) three or four times a year after careful planning, getting babysitters etc.) In some strictest definitions of drinking problems and alcoholism we here would probably have maybe 5 % of non-alcoholics in this country and all the others would be considered alcoholics. In reality we do have our fair share of alcoholics but the percentage here is around the same as in for example in USA, little less than 10 % being either alcoholics or problem drinkers or in risk becoming one. The big warning sign for alcohol problem is, when you are drinking against your cultural norms, whatever those norms are. </p><p></p><p>About people not inviting sober people to the parties there alcohol will be consumed. It is probably not so much party being all about drinking but that some people feel uncomfortable drinking while there are people who don't drink present. And they may also think that you wouldn't enjoy those parties (at least I know that I don't particularly enjoy the company of the drunk people while sober my self.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 532271, member: 14557"] That is very much a cultural question. I live in the area there people drink a lot and binge drink a lot. And do a lot of really stupid stuff while drank. Still most do not develop a real drinking problem. They may have some problems because of drinking but still drinking never becomes compulsive. I would think that difference is in if you are controlling your drinking or is drinking controlling you. Most of us (in this culture) have been sporting a hangover in a inappropriate time (at work, some family function, a time we should had been sharp) because drinking too much night before. But those are still considered normal learning experiences. When it comes a habit, you are considered to have a problem. When you are blowing off something important because of drinking, you have a problem. When you are not able to change your drinking habits for the needs of time and occasion, you have a problem (when you get drunk in the situation there you should had been drinking only a little, or when you are not able to transition from your wild college drinking days to having a family and drinking maybe a few beers a week (one or two at a time) and 'going to party' (and binge drinking) three or four times a year after careful planning, getting babysitters etc.) In some strictest definitions of drinking problems and alcoholism we here would probably have maybe 5 % of non-alcoholics in this country and all the others would be considered alcoholics. In reality we do have our fair share of alcoholics but the percentage here is around the same as in for example in USA, little less than 10 % being either alcoholics or problem drinkers or in risk becoming one. The big warning sign for alcohol problem is, when you are drinking against your cultural norms, whatever those norms are. About people not inviting sober people to the parties there alcohol will be consumed. It is probably not so much party being all about drinking but that some people feel uncomfortable drinking while there are people who don't drink present. And they may also think that you wouldn't enjoy those parties (at least I know that I don't particularly enjoy the company of the drunk people while sober my self.) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
How can you tell a social drinker from a problem drinker?
Top